partial isotherm (individual isotherm)

in surface chemistry
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The function relating, at constant temperature and pressure, the amount of a particular component in the @[email protected] per unit area (or per unit mass of @[email protected] ) with its @[email protected] (or concentration) in the liquid phase. This function can be evaluated only when the location and the thickness of the @[email protected] have been defined.
Source:
PAC, 1972, 31, 577. (Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry) on page 594 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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